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Hardware and Software Specifications for Adams 2005 r2



Hardware Vendor
Models and
Processors
  Operating System  
Fortran
C/C++
HP PA-RISC
HP-UX
PA-8k based B-class,
C-class, J-class, and
rp-class servers
HP-UX 11, 11i f90 2.4.13 c89 11.01.20
aCC 03.27
HP Itanium2
HP-UX
Intel Itanium 2 HP-UX 11.23 2.8.4 c89 5.55
aCC 5.55
IBM POWER
AIX
Power3, Power3-II, Power4  

AIX 5.1

XL Fortran 8.1

Visual Age C/C++ 6.0.0.4

Intel and AMD x86  Linux Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, 
and compatibles

Red Hat Linux 9.0


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 


Novell Linux Desktop 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

g77 3.2.2-5 or
Intel Fortran 8.1.19

g77 3.2.3-24 or
Intel Fortran 8.1.19

g77 3.4.3-22 or
Intel Fortran 8.1.19

g77 3.3.3 or
Intel Fortran 8.1.19

g++ 3.2.2-5


g++ 3.2.3-24


g++ 3.4.3-22


g++ 3.3.3

Intel & AMD x86 Windows Intel Pentium 4, Xeon,
and compatibles
Windows 2000,
Windows XP Professional

Intel Fortran 8.1.28, 9.0.018;
Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6B* 

Visual Studio C++ .NET 2003 
SGI MIPS
IRIX
R5k, R8k, R10k, R12,
R14k
IRIX 6.5.14 7.3.1.2m 7.3.1.2m
Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris
UltraSPARC III-
based systems

Solaris 8, 9, 10

Sun Studio 8, 9, 10

Sun Studio 8, 9, 10

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System Requirements

Platform

Operating
System

System Patches

Disk Space

 Memory and
Swap Space

HP PA-RISC
HP-UX

HP-UX 11

XSWGR1100    General Release Patches,
                    November 1999 (ACE)
QPK1100         Quality Pack for HP-UX 11.00
                    (December 2000)
PHSS_20853    Shared libF90                                   
PHSS_24303    ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch   
PHSS_25447    X/Motif 32bit Runtime OCT2001
                     Periodic Patch
PHSS_25718    LIBCL patch
PHSS_26628    3D Common Run
PHSS_26636    OpenGL 1.1 Run
PHSS_26945    HP aC++ -AA runtime libraries
                     (aCC A.03.37)
PHSS_30181    Xserver cumulative patch
PHCO_26449    Add Rock Ridge extension to
                      mount_cdfs(1M)
PHKL_26450     Rock Ridge extension for ISO-9660
PHKL_28060     Y2k; Rock Ridge extension for
                      ISO-9660

Products 1004 Mb 
Docs        163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended 

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz  = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                   higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

HP PA-RISC
HP-UX

HP-UX 11i

GOLDBASE11i   Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i v1,
                      December 2003
BUNDLE11i       B.11.11.0306.1 Required Patch Bundle
                      for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
PHCO_25841    Add Rock Ridge extension to
                      mount_cdfs(1M)
PHKL_26269     Rock Ridge extension for ISO-9660
PHKL_28025     Rock Ridge extension for ISO-9660
PHSS_23352    Fortran90 B.11.01 cumulative patch
PHSS_26946    HP aC++ -AA runtime libraries
                      (aCC A.03.37)
PHSS_28303    LIBCL patch
PHSS_28880    HP aC++ -AA runtime libraries
                      (aCC A.03.50)
PHSS_29371     X/Motif Runtime Periodic Patch
PHSS_30049    ld(1) and linker to cumulative patch
PHSS_30170    Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_30174    3D Common Run
PHSS_30496    OpenGL 1.1 Run
PHSS_30504    Xserver cumulative patch

Products 1004 Mb
Docs        163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz  = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                   higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

HP Itanium2
HP-UX

HP-UX 11.23
(Itanium 2)

B.11.23.0409   Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i
                     v2 (B.11.23), September 2004
PHCO_32667    11.23 csh(1) cumulative patch

Products 1177 Mb
Docs        163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz  = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                   higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

IBM POWER
AIX

AIX 5.1

bos.rte 5.1.0.50

Products 868 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Linux

Red Hat 
Linux 9.0

Red Hat Kernel revision 2.4.20-8

Products 945 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Linux

Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 3

Enterprise Linux Kernel revision 2.4.21-9

Products 945 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Linux

Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 4

Enterprise Linux Kernel revision 2.6.9-11

Products 945 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Linux Novell Linux Desktop 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Linux Kernel 2.6.8-24 Products 945 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Windows

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 SP4

Products 820 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel & AMD x86  Windows

Windows XP
Professional

Windows XP Professional SP1,
Windows XP Professional SP2

Products 820 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

SGI MIPS
IRIX

IRIX 6.5.14

Support Levels above 6.5.14m are expected to work
under the SGI published,
  "The Mandate of Application Compatibility in   
   SGI IRIX 6.5"

Products 943 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended  

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 8

Recommended patch bundle later than 1/14/2003
Generic_108528-18    Latest revisions of patches
                              106950 and 10813
Products 900 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 9

Recommended patch bundle later than 8/14/2003
Generic_112233-08
Latest revisions of patches: 111711

Products 900 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 10

Latest revisions of patches:
113886, 113887, 118676, 116298, 116302, 113886, 117832, 117834, 117836, 117830, 117840, 117844, 118678, 117838

Products 900 Mb
Docs      190 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

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Graphics Requirements

Platform
Operating System
    System Runtime Libraries   
Validated Graphics Hardware
HP PA-RISC
HP-UX

HP-UX 11, HP-UX 11i

X11-R5, CDE/Motif, OpenGL 1.1

fxe, fx10

HP Itanium2
HP-UX

HP-UX 11.23

X11-R6, CDE/Motif, OpenGL 1.1

ATI Fire GL4

IBM POWER
AIX

AIX 5.1

OpenGL.OpenGL_X.rte.base 5.1

GXT3000, GXT4500P
Intel & AMD x86  Linux Red Hat Linux 9.0,
Red Hat EnterpriseLinux3,
Red Hat EnterpriseLinux4,
Novell Linux Desktop 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
X11, OpenGL 1.2
nVIDIA users should load the 
Linux Display Driver 1.0-5336
The MSC.ADAMS products have been developed in full compliance with the OpenGL 1.2 specification.
The products should run properly with graphics cards
that adhere to the 1.2 or later OpenGL specification.
Intel & AMD x86 Windows

Windows 2000,
Windows XP Professional

Open GL 1.2

The MSC.ADAMS products have been developed in full compliance with the OpenGL 1.2 specification.
The products should run properly with graphics cards
that adhere to the 1.2 or later OpenGL specification.
SGI MIPS
IRIX

IRIX 6.5.14

X11/Motif, OpenGL

VPro Graphics systems

Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris
Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.2
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.3
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.3
Expert 3D, XVR 1000
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Licensing Requirements

Platform

Special Required Software

Hostname Retrieval

Host ID Retrieval

HP PA-RISC
HP-UX

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     uname -I

then convert the number to hex.

HP Itanium2
HP-UX

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     getconf CS_PARTITION_IDENT 

then prefix with "ID_STRING=".

IBM POWER
AIX

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     uname -l

Intel and AMD x86
Linux

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     /sbin/ifconfig eth0

Return the information in the line labeled
"HWaddr" and remove the colons ":".

Intel and AMD x86
Windows

TCP/IP Protocol

From a "Command Prompt" window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a "Command Prompt" window, enter
the command:

     ipconfig /all

Return the information in the line labeled
"Physical Address".

SGI MIPS
IRIX

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     sysinfo -s

then convert the number to hex.

Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     
hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:  

     hostid

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Platform and Product Support

Platforms
HP
PA-RISC
HP
Itanium2
IBM
POWER
Intel and AMD x86
PCs
 1
Intel and AMD x86
PCs
 1
SGI
MIPS
Sun
UltraSPARC
Operating
Systems
11, 11i
11.23
AIX 5.1
 Red Hat Linux 9.0, 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,
Novell Linux Desktop 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Windows 2000,
Windows XP Professional
IRIX 6.5.14 2
Solaris
8, 9, 10
Graphics
Drivers
X11,   OpenGL  
X11,
  OpenGL  
X11,   OpenGL  
X11, OpenGL
Microsoft Windows Driver,
OpenGL
X11,
 OpenGL   
X11,
OpenGL
Packages
ADAMS Full
Simulation Package
  
Products
ADAMS/View       3   
ADAMS/PostProcessor       3   
ADAMS/Insight   
ADAMS/Solver Task   
ADAMS/Solver SMP     
ADAMS/Vibration   
ADAMS/Durability       3   
ADAMS/Controls 4   
ADAMS/Flex   
ADAMS/AutoFlex   
ADAMS/Linear   
ADAMS/Hydraulics      5
Industry Products
ADAMS/Aircraft
Landing Gear
     5
ADAMS/Aircraft
Handling Tire
     5
ADAMS/Rail      5
Automotive Products
ADAMS/Car
Suspension Design
ADAMS/Car
Conceptual Suspension
ADAMS/Car
Vehicle Dynamics
ADAMS/Car RealTime
Standalone
           5    
ADAMS/Car RealTime
Embedded
           5    
ADAMS/Car Ride   
ADAMS/Chassis        
ADAMS/Driveline   
ADAMS/SmartDriver   
ADAMS/Engine
Base
ADAMS/Engine
Valvetrain
ADAMS/Engine
Chain Drive
ADAMS/Engine
Timing Belt
ADAMS/Engine
Accessory Drive
ADAMS/Engine
Basic Cranktrain
ADAMS/Engine
Advanced Cranktrain
ADAMS/Engine
Gear
ADAMS/Engine
Piston
ADAMS/Tire
Handling
  
ADAMS/Tire
3D Contact
     5
ADAMS/Tire
FTire
  
ADAMS/Tire
SWIFT
     5
ADAMS/Tire
Motorcycle Tire
  
ADAMS/3D Road   
CAD Interface Products
ADAMS/Exchange   

Notes:

1  Intel IA-32 processors: Pentium 4, Xeon and AMD compatibles.
2  QA performed on 6.5.14, but MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2 is expected to work on levels above this.
3  MATLAB support is not available on this platform. Please see the Known Issues section of the Release Notes for this product.
4  ADAMS/Controls is supported on these platforms. However, partner product support varies. Please also see the Known Issues
    section of the ADAMS/Controls Release Notes and Knowledge Base Article 12445.
5  Product is not supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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Dropped Platforms and Transition Plans

Each release we review the platforms and operating systems changes by our partners and in the industry, and address
these changes in our release.

Platforms no longer supported after the MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2 release
Platform
    Final Release Supported    
Migration Platform

HP PA-RISC
HP-UX 11.0

2005 r2

HP-UX 11i

Intel & AMD x86
Red Hat Linux 9.0

2005 r2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0    
IBM POWER 
AIX 5.1                       
2005 r2
AIX 5.2

 

Compilers dropped for the MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2 release
Compiler Recommended Compiler

Microsoft Visual C/C++ 6

Microsoft Visual C/C++ 2003 .NET               
Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6B* Intel Visual Fortran 8.1.28 or 9.0.018

* This compiler is shown in the first table to be supported for the MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2 release however, we
    recommend that you move to the Intel compiler.



Platforms considered for future termination of support
Platform Recommended Platform

SGI MIPS IRIX

Other supported UNIX or Windows Platform

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Updated: 06/08/2006

Hardware Specifications
Version 2005
Version 2003
Version 12.0